Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 13:38:16 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> To: Gary Jennejohn <garyj@muc.de> Cc: FreeBSD current users <FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: (Re: Can't access tapes with scsi_sa.c r1.7) (LONG) Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.04.9812141337060.2563-100000@feral-gw> In-Reply-To: <199812142043.VAA04247@peedub.muc.de>
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On Mon, 14 Dec 1998, Gary Jennejohn wrote: > Matthew Jacob writes: > > > > > >Well, I've been looking over this, and a preliminary check seems to > >indicate to me that the driver is, in fact, doing what it is supposed to > >do. Now, wait, don't start throwing things yet.. :-) > > > >The simple fix for all of you is to explicitly set variable mode (mt > >blocksize 0) on your tape device *if you want it to be in variable record > >length mode*, but see. > > > > YES !!! that makes it work. Thanks for the suggestion. Good! > > If you can make it work by default that would be even better. > Yes, I have prototype code not checked in that forces variable mode except for some specific devices (reintroduces also the SA_QUIRK_FIXED and SA_QUIRK_VARIABLE for scsi_sa) -matt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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